LPME Gala Sponsorship

CHICAGO’S PREMIER LGBTQA FAMILY OF MUSICIANS LAKESIDE PRIDE AT A GLANCE Three major ensembles: Symphonic Band Jazz Orchestra Marching Band Over a dozen chamber ensembles 250 talented volunteer musicians and crew Over 50 performances last season Audiences of over one million last season Inductee into the ANNOUNCING SECOND ANNUAL GALA! Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame With our roots dating back to the We are excited to announce our Joint performances with very first Chicago Pride Parade in second annual gala will take place on Chicago Gay Mens 1979, Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles Saturday, March 7th on stage at the has been at the heart of the local stunning Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Chorus, Artemis Singers, LGBTQ community. Our mission is to Park! Your sponsorship will help provide Windy City Performing use the universal language of music the financial resources needed to fully Arts, and ResonaTe to spread a message of love and equip and transport our ensembles acceptance. Following Four years of that perform for over one million Founding Member of the unprecedented growth and people annually. We are ready to take Lesbian and Gay Band recognition, now is the time for us to the next step in serving our community Association expand our reach as we – quite and spreading our message. Will you literally – sound the trumpet and help stand next to us and help lead the Sister ensemble with the lead the charge toward social justice sound of progress? London Gay Symphony in Chicago and across the country. Winds LAKESIDE PRIDE MUSIC ENSEMBLE SECOND ANNUAL GALA Next March, we will host our second annual gala with the following goals: Continue a tradition that will allow us to expand our programming reach to wider and more diverse audiences. Raise $35,000 that will go directly toward equipment maintenance and transportation. Lay the groundwork to expand our leadership in the LGBTQA community locally and nationally. Your generous sponsorship will help us achieve these goals and so many more. It’s not enough to tolerated. Every person deserves to “We will always be there to lead the joyous celebrations for our be loved and accepted for who they are. We use our community’s wins, like marriage big sound to remind the world that we are here, we equality and the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. But we know many of our are Queer, and we are not going anywhere. We have friends and neighbors are still suffering, created a family of music and we want you to hear our still scared to be their true self, and still sounds of acceptance. facing injustice. We are here so all our voices can be heard.” Melissa Terrell - Chair of Lakeside Pride THE TOP FOUR REASONS TO SPONSOR OUR GALA 01 02 We provide a safe, Help us expand to new creative space for and underserved LGBTQA musicians neighborhoods 03 04 Help our message of You will be supporting love and acceptance one of the largest and reach over 1.5 million most prestigious LGBTQ people next year bands in the country .

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